Professa Murray
I am a law professor at Marquette University. The Only Patent Habermasian. Dedicated to bringing a knife to a knife fight.
- This should be fun folks! DOGE remains an unconstitutional organization under the Appointments and Appropriations Clause. To say otherwise, is to put lipstick on an unconstitutional pig.
- JUST IN: The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted a block on efforts by CREW to obtain details of DOGE's operations. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- @mrose.ink summing up the situation nicely: “The president has as much legal power to fire the Register of Copyrights as I do, which is to say: none,” Meredith Rose, legal counsel for intellectual property nonprofit Public Knowledge.”
- SCOOP: On Friday, the US Copyright Office released a blockbuster report on AI training. On Saturday, the USCO director was unceremoniously fired. Today, two men claiming to be Trump appointees—including a new acting USCO director—showed up at the office: www.wired.com/story/us-cop...
- @chup.blakereid.org predicted this very firing a mere 48 hours ago. The Head of the Copyright apparently refused to let Elon Musk use copyrighted materials to train his AI.
- A brief joyful moment was interrupted by the fact the President just fired the first black Librarian of Congress who was appointed by Congress to serve a ten year term. Her term expires in 2026.
